LANDING OF PERRY’S EXPEDITION AGAINST TABASCO. (From a lithograph designed and drawn on stone by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), 407 COMMODORE PERRY’S EXPEDITION TAKING POSSESSION OF TUSPAN. (From a lithograph of a drawing by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), 411 MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY. (From an oil-painting at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), 414 CAPTURE OF TABASCO BY PERRY’S EXPEDITION. (From a lithograph designed and drawn on stone by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), 415 BRIG-OF-WAR LIKE THE _SOMERS_ UNDER FULL SAIL. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), 419 THE _MISSISSIPPI_ GOING TO THE RELIEF OF THE _HUNTER_ IN A STORM OFF VERA CRUZ. (From a lithograph designed and drawn on stone by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), 421 NAVAL BOMBARDMENT OF VERA CRUZ, MARCH, 1847. (From a lithograph published in 1847 by N. Currier), 425 THE UNITED STATES NAVAL BATTERY DURING THE BOMBARDMENT OF VERA CRUZ ON THE 24TH AND 25TH OF MARCH, 1847. (From a lithograph designed and drawn on stone by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), 429 THE BATTLE OF VERA CRUZ.--NIGHT SCENE. (From an engraving by Thompson of a drawing by Billings), 431 THE _MISSISSIPPI_ IN A CYCLONE ON HER JAPAN CRUISE. (From a wood-cut in Perry’s “Narrative” of this trip), 440 THE _MISSISSIPPI_ AT JAMESTOWN, ST. HELENA. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative”), 441 VIEW OF URAGA. YEDDO BAY. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative”), 445 A JAPANESE JUNK. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative”), 448 COMMODORE PERRY’S FIRST LANDING AT GORAHAMA. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative ”), 451 COMMODORE PERRY DELIVERING THE PRESIDENT’S LETTER TO THE JAPANESE REPRESENTATIVES. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative”), 453 A JAPANESE FISH-PRESENT. (From a wood-cut in Perry’s “Narrative”), 456 THE IMPERIAL BARGE AT YOKOHAMA. (From a wood-cut in Perry’s “Narrative”), 457 THE FINAL PAGE OF THE FIRST TREATY WITH JAPAN. (From a facsimile of the original), 458